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Super typhoon Haima slams into northern Phillippines

A Filipino typhoon victim crosses on a rope next to a flooded house in the typhoon-hit town of Gonzaga, Philippines, on Oct. 20, 2016. Many houses, trees, and electric posts were destroyed after Super Typhoon Heima made landfall in the northern Philippines. Francis R. Malasig, European Pressphoto Agency

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A Filipino typhoon victim crosses on a rope next to a flooded house in the typhoon-hit town of Gonzaga, Philippines, on Oct. 20, 2016. Many houses, trees, and electric posts were destroyed after Super Typhoon Heima made landfall in the northern Philippines.
Francis R. Malasig, European Pressphoto Agency

A vehicle is pinned by tree branches at the height of Super Typhoon Haima as it lashes Narvacan, Philippines, on Oct. 20, 2016. Bullit Marquez, AP

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A vehicle is pinned by tree branches at the height of Super Typhoon Haima as it lashes Narvacan, Philippines, on Oct. 20, 2016.
Bullit Marquez, AP

A resident carries a sack of rice after Super Typhoon Haima destroyed his home and caused flooding in northern Philippines on Oct. 20, 2016. Bullit Marquez, AP

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A resident carries a sack of rice after Super Typhoon Haima destroyed his home and caused flooding in northern Philippines on Oct. 20, 2016.
Bullit Marquez, AP

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A woman collects plastic water bottles among the garbage washed ashore as a result of a storm surge of typhoon Haima at the Manila Bay on Oct. 20, 2016.
One of the most powerful typhoons to ever hit the Philippines destroyed houses, tore roofs off schools and ripped giant trees out of the ground on Oct. 20, but there were no immediate reports of deaths. Noel Celis, AFP/Getty Images

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A woman collects plastic water bottles among the garbage washed ashore as a result of a storm surge of typhoon Haima at the Manila Bay on Oct. 20, 2016.
One of the most powerful typhoons to ever hit the Philippines destroyed houses, tore roofs off schools and ripped giant trees out of the ground on Oct. 20, but there were no immediate reports of deaths.
Noel Celis, AFP/Getty Images

A man takes shelter by the concrete gates of his flooded house in Narvacan, Philippines on Oct. 20, 2016. Bullit Marquez, AP

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A man takes shelter by the concrete gates of his flooded house in Narvacan, Philippines on Oct. 20, 2016.
Bullit Marquez, AP

Filipinos on a motorcycle maneuver past toppled posts on a street in the typhoon-hit city of Tuguegarao, Philippines, on Oct. 20, 2016. Francis R. Malasig, European Pressphoto Agency

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Filipinos on a motorcycle maneuver past toppled posts on a street in the typhoon-hit city of Tuguegarao, Philippines, on Oct. 20, 2016.
Francis R. Malasig, European Pressphoto Agency

A resident uses a bamboo raft to bring a goat after it was trapped following the flooding brought about by Super Typhoon Haima in northern Philippines on Oct. 20, 2016. Bullit Marquez, AP

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A resident uses a bamboo raft to bring a goat after it was trapped following the flooding brought about by Super Typhoon Haima in northern Philippines on Oct. 20, 2016.
Bullit Marquez, AP

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A Filipino typhoon victim crosses on a rope next to a flooded house in the typhoon-hit town of Gonzaga, Philippines, on Oct. 20, 2016. Many houses, trees, and electric posts were destroyed after Super Typhoon Heima made landfall in the northern Philippines.